The Bolts will be without one of the best players for the 2025 season.

The Chargers announced Thursday that Rashawn Slater sustained a torn patellar tendon earlier the day in practice and will undergo surgery to repair the injury.

He will miss the 2025 season and be placed on Injured Reserve.

Slater was blocking in a team drill when he went down and had to leave the field on a cart. Teammates and coaches gathered around Slater before he left the field.

The loss of Slater is a blow to a Chargers offensive line that was expected to field one of the best tackle duos in the entire NFL.

You certainly feel for Slater, who just signed a multi-year contract extension on July 27.

A first-round pick in 2021, he's since developed into one of the league's best tackles as he has two Pro B

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